Project Gutenberg amplifies essay and links to Cicero texts
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Project Gutenberg's Mastodon account shares the essay and provides links to Cicero's works available on their platform, broadening distribution to readers interested in primary sources.
Massimo Pigliucci K D Irani Professor of Philosophy, CCNYMarcus Tullius Cicero Roman lawyer and philosopher
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He was probably right Cicero’s life and thought are a testament to the idea of probabilia: we should be confident in our beliefs, but never certain by Massimo Pigliucci https:// aeon.co/essays/a-good-sceptic- has-more-than-doubt-and-less-than-certainty?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ecce64c403-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_09_07_COPY_01&utm_medium=e…
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“The genuine sceptic is not the person who doubts everything, nor the person who demands proof before believing anything. It is the person who has learned to hold their best views with exactly the right strength of grip: firmly enough to act on them, loosely enough to let go when the evidence turns” https:// aeon.co/essays/a-good-sceptic-…
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"Both pathologies make the same mistake: they treat doubt and certainty as the only two options." https:// aeon.co/essays/a-good-sceptic- has-more-than-doubt-and-less-than-certainty
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